About Ledge Vineyards
Ledge sits on a flat sandstone shelf in the Willow Creek District that drops away dramatically at its eastern edge, the ledge itself, on a ranch Mark Adams's parents bought in the mid-1970s to run cattle. Adams left for a Los Angeles music career, then came home in 2005 to convince his father the ranch's future was vines, planting the first five acres own-rooted from thousands of cuttings collected at James Berry Vineyard, less than a mile away, where his childhood friend Justin Smith gave him his winemaking start at Saxum, the cellar whose 2007 James Berry was Wine Spectator's 2010 Wine of the Year.
The estate has grown to roughly 20 dry-farmed, own-rooted acres of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsaut, Counoise and white Rhone varieties in rare sandy soils, propagated from the home nursery, with fruit also drawn from James Berry, Bien Nacido and the Dusi Ranch, where Ledge is one of only two producers alongside Turley to bottle the Zinfandel. The wines run cooler and fresher than the Paso norm, native-fermented, raised in largely neutral oak, and critics keep reaching for Northern Rhone comparisons; Jeb Dunnuck has advised anyone hunting the next cult mailing list to get aboard. Mark and his wife Ciera still farm the land he grew up on. Visits are small, appointment-based and often family-poured, with the sandstone shelf that names the label right underfoot and the home nursery rows raising the vineyard's next generation of own-rooted vines.
A musician's homecoming to the family cattle ranch, own-rooted from James Berry cuttings into Paso's freshest cult-list Syrah.
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The literal ledge,the estate sits on a sandstone shelf that drops away at its eastern edge, naming the label.
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Saxum-raised,childhood friend Justin Smith gave Adams his start at Saxum, a mile from the home ranch.
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Own-rooted and dry-farmed,20 acres propagated from the home nursery grow in rare Willow Creek sand.
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Dusi's chosen two,Ledge and Turley are the only producers bottling Dusi Ranch Zinfandel.
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Northern Rhone whispers,critics compare the fresh, lower-alcohol wines to Cote Rotie more than to Paso.
"A musician's homecoming to the family cattle ranch, own-rooted from James Berry cuttings into Paso's freshest cult-list Syrah."
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